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Drew O'Connor

Position	Left Wing	Current Team	Vancouver Canucks
Shoots	Left	Current Contract	2 years
Height	6'4"	Expires	2026-27
Weight (lbs)	209	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	29
Age	27 (June 9, 1998)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	Undrafted

News and Opinions

Canucks 2025-26 Player Previews: Linus Karlsson at The Hockey Writers (Tue Sep 2, 2025)
All Trades Between The Vancouver Canucks And Pittsburgh Penguins In The Patrik Allvin And Jim Rutherford Era at Yahoo Sports (Sat Aug 30, 2025)
All Trades Between The Vancouver Canucks And Pittsburgh Penguins In The Patrik Allvin And Jim Rutherford Era at Yahoo Sports NHL (Sat Aug 30, 2025)
What Role Will Kevin Hayes Have On The Penguins This Year? at Yahoo Sports (Mon Aug 25, 2025)
3 Canucks Who Could Replace Dakota Joshua at The Hockey Writers (Mon Jul 21, 2025)
Canucks Falling in Line at Forward at Nucks Misconduct (Sun Jul 6, 2025)
2024-25 Pittsburgh Penguins Player Grades – Forwards at WonderPens (Sat Jun 7, 2025)

Date	Team	Transaction
Feb 18, 2025	Vancouver Canucks	Signed 2 years @ $2.500M AAV starting in 2025-26
Feb 1, 2025	Pittsburgh Penguins	Traded to Vancouver Canucks
Feb 1, 2025	Vancouver Canucks	Acquired from Pittsburgh Penguins
Aug 2, 2023	Pittsburgh Penguins	Signed 2 years @ $925K AAV starting in 2023-24
Mar 12, 2022	Pittsburgh Penguins	Signed 1 year @ $750K AAV starting in 2022-23
Mar 10, 2020	Pittsburgh Penguins	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

			Regular Season									Playoffs
Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G
2010-11	QC Int PW	New Jersey Colonials	2	0	1	1
2011-12	AYHL 13U	New Jersey Colonials 13U AAA	15	9	15	24		12
2012-13	AYHL 14U	New Jersey Colonials 14U AAA	19	8	6	14		10
2013-14	USHS-Prep	Delbarton School	9	0	1	1
2014-15	USHS-Prep	Delbarton School	28	1	7	8
2015-16	AYHL 18U	North Jersey Avalanche 18U AAA	19	13	10	23		6				2	1		1
2015-16	T1EHL 18U	North Jersey Avalanche 18U AAA	23	6	12	18		6				5	1	1	2
2016-17	AYHL 18U	North Jersey Avalanche 18U AAA	17	6	7	13		10				1		1	1
2016-17	T1EHL 18U	North Jersey Avalanche 18U AAA	31	11	13	24		18				5	2	2	4		4
2016-17	NAHL	New Jersey Jr. Titans	3	0	0	0	-1
2017-18	NCDC	Boston Jr. Bruins	49	13	26	39		12				6		5	5		2
2018-19	NCAA	Dartmouth College	34	17	9	26		14
2019-20	NCAA	Dartmouth College	31	21	12	33	+3	42
2020-21	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	10	0	1	1	-2	2	8	0.0	8:57
2020-21	AHL	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	20	7	12	19		14
2020-21	Norway	Manglerud	7	6	4	10	+2	8
2021-22	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	22	3	2	5	-1	4	40	7.5	10:17	2				-2			0.0	5:41
2021-22	AHL	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	33	12	20	32		19
2022-23	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	46	5	6	11	-3	12	62	8.1	9:49
2022-23	AHL	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	20	8	14	22	+9	18
2022-23	WC	USA	10	3	5	8	+8
2023-24	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	79	16	17	33	+14	20	160	10.0	15:45
2024-25	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	53	6	10	16	-14	16	82	7.3	14:37
2024-25	NHL	Vancouver Canucks	31	4	5	9	-2	18	35	11.4	14:12
2024-25	WC	USA	10	1	3	4	+6	2
2024-25	International	Team USA	1	0	0	0
NHL Career			241	34	41	75	-8	72	387	8.8	13:23	2				-2			-	5:41

5v5 Individual Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	G/60	A/60	Pts/60	xG/60	GAE/60	Sh%	xSh%	Sh%AE	%SA Rush	%SA Reb.
2020-21	PIT	10	71:13	0.00	0.84	0.84	0.43	-0.43	0.00	7.34	-7.34	0.00	0.00
2021-22	PIT	22	201:07	0.90	0.60	1.49	1.15	-0.26	7.89	10.15	-2.26	1.96	5.88
2022-23	PIT	46	412:24	0.73	0.87	1.60	0.91	-0.18	8.47	10.62	-2.14	7.95	3.41
2023-24	PIT	79	1065:50	0.73	0.90	1.63	0.93	-0.20	9.03	11.52	-2.49	3.57	16.84
2024-25	VAN	31	391:05	0.31	0.46	0.77	0.63	-0.32	6.90	14.17	-7.27	3.92	7.84
2024-25	PIT	53	646:01	0.37	0.84	1.21	0.89	-0.52	5.88	14.11	-8.23	1.69	9.32
2024-25	PIT, VAN	84	1037:06	0.35	0.69	1.04	0.79	-0.45	6.19	14.13	-7.94	2.37	8.88

5v5 On Ice Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	SAF/60	GF/60	xGF/60	SAA/60	GA/60	xGA/60	GF%	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2020-21	PIT	10	71:13	35.38	0.84	1.62	42.97	2.53	2.35	25.00	40.75	-0.83	0.07	-10.98
2021-22	PIT	22	201:07	54.89	2.39	3.35	32.22	2.69	1.81	47.06	64.91	0.65	-0.57	11.77
2022-23	PIT	46	412:24	44.52	2.18	2.79	41.17	2.62	2.59	45.45	51.86	-0.29	-0.20	-0.59
2023-24	PIT	79	1065:50	45.88	2.76	2.73	44.19	2.36	2.83	53.85	49.11	0.05	0.23	-1.64
2024-25	VAN	31	391:05	42.04	1.84	2.36	39.74	2.61	2.40	41.38	49.59	0.04	-0.00	0.47
2024-25	PIT	53	646:01	43.65	1.76	2.54	42.44	3.06	2.48	36.54	50.59	0.10	-0.00	1.03
2024-25	PIT, VAN	84	1037:06	43.04	1.79	2.47	41.42	2.89	2.45	38.27	50.22	0.08	-0.00	0.83

NHL Edge Stats

		Skating				Shooting					Zone Time
Season	GP	Top Speed	Bursts>20/mi	Avg. Speed	ES Avg. Speed	Top Speed	Avg. Speed	%Long Range	%Mid Range	%High Danger	ES DZ%	ES NZ%	ES OZ%
2021-22	22	21.9	1.0	3.5	3.9	85.1	49.3	9.4	37.5	53.1	37.3	18.9	43.8
2022-23	46	22.5	1.3	10.1	10.1	85.9	43.8	12.2	34.1	53.7	38.6	18.0	43.4
2023-24	79	22.8	1.3	9.8	9.9	89.8	44.8	8.2	31.1	60.7	39.5	18.6	41.8
2024-25	84	23.1	1.1	9.7	9.8	87.8	52.9	6.7	39.3	53.9	39.0	18.3	42.7

Legend

Percentile 0-25

Percentile 25-50

Percentile 50-75

Percentile 75-100

Forwards are compared with forwards and Defensemen are are compared with Defensemen.

5v5 Lines

Season

Season	Teammate	Teammate	Team	TOI	GF/60	GA/60	GF%	xGF/60	xGA/60	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2024-25	Boeser, B	Chytil, F	VAN	65:07	0.00	0.92	0.00	2.15	1.91	52.95	-0.25	-0.43	2.36
2024-25	Hayes, K	Tomasino, P	PIT	64:26	0.93	2.79	25.00	4.11	1.60	71.99	1.77	-0.56	20.02
2024-25	Blueger, T	Karlsson, L	VAN	61:12	2.94	0.98	75.00	3.41	2.48	57.90	1.28	-0.11	12.83
2024-25	Blueger, T	Garland, C	VAN	53:03	1.13	3.39	25.00	2.32	1.95	54.34	-0.13	-0.50	4.31
2024-25	Malkin, E	Tomasino, P	PIT	42:33	2.82	4.23	40.00	3.36	2.40	58.27	0.88	0.11	6.40
2024-25	Crosby, S	Rust, B	PIT	42:26	1.41	5.66	20.00	4.33	3.83	53.09	2.04	1.33	5.18
2024-25	Puljujarvi, J	Poulin, S	PIT	41:54	2.86	1.43	66.67	3.65	3.62	50.25	1.67	0.95	7.55
2024-25	Glass, C	Tomasino, P	PIT	32:52	1.83	1.83	50.00	1.09	1.57	40.92	-1.51	-0.83	-11.09
2024-25	Hayes, K	Puljujarvi, J	PIT	29:36	2.03	0.00	100.00	1.95	2.25	46.39	0.04	-0.09	1.50
2024-25	Beauvillier, A	Glass, C	PIT	27:24	2.19	0.00	100.00	1.45	1.82	44.33	-0.86	-0.43	-6.41
2024-25	Chytil, F	Lekkerimäki, J	VAN	25:02	0.00	2.40	0.00	3.44	2.30	59.95	0.85	0.15	5.26
2024-25	Crosby, S	Rakell, R	PIT	23:23	2.57	7.70	25.00	2.03	3.79	34.92	-0.61	1.22	-15.78
2024-25	Malkin, E	Bunting, M	PIT	23:05	2.60	10.40	20.00	2.07	5.96	25.76	0.03	3.72	-21.86
2024-25	Eller, L	Puljujarvi, J	PIT	22:58	5.22	5.22	50.00	2.99	2.29	56.59	0.05	-0.53	5.56
2024-25	Boeser, B	Suter, P	VAN	22:12	2.70	2.70	50.00	1.39	2.62	34.60	-0.89	0.13	-13.17
2023-24	Crosby, S	Rust, B	PIT	193:24	4.03	4.34	48.15	3.59	2.97	54.69	0.90	0.34	4.14
2023-24	Malkin, E	Smith, R	PIT	132:17	2.27	1.36	62.50	2.76	2.75	50.10	0.17	0.02	1.37
2023-24	Eller, L	Zohorna, R	PIT	122:29	2.94	1.47	66.67	3.11	2.54	55.07	0.29	-0.12	3.63
2023-24	Crosby, S	Guentzel, J	PIT	82:24	2.18	3.64	37.50	3.99	3.41	53.95	1.38	0.67	5.17
2023-24	Malkin, E	Rust, B	PIT	72:03	3.33	1.67	66.67	2.58	2.97	46.49	-0.14	0.39	-4.82
2023-24	Eller, L	Puustinen, V	PIT	37:33	4.79	1.60	75.00	2.15	2.10	50.60	-0.53	-0.50	-0.12
2023-24	Malkin, E	Puustinen, V	PIT	35:13	3.41	1.70	66.67	3.80	1.22	75.65	1.30	-1.30	25.91
2023-24	Eller, L	Rakell, R	PIT	34:04	1.76	1.76	50.00	1.12	2.52	30.85	-1.68	-0.08	-21.07
2023-24	Crosby, S	Rakell, R	PIT	32:43	0.00	5.50	0.00	2.29	3.65	38.57	-0.33	1.05	-11.61
2023-24	Eller, L	Harkins, J	PIT	29:57	0.00	2.00	0.00	1.73	2.90	37.36	-0.86	0.29	-12.38
2023-24	Malkin, E	Rakell, R	PIT	29:17	0.00	2.05	0.00	1.64	4.02	28.94	-1.11	1.34	-21.68
2022-23	Carter, J	Archibald, J	PIT	56:48	2.11	1.06	66.67	2.91	2.29	55.97	-0.33	-0.38	1.15
2022-23	Archibald, J	Blueger, T	PIT	45:42	2.63	1.31	66.67	3.27	2.06	61.36	0.18	-0.98	10.96
2022-23	Carter, J	Kapanen, K	PIT	38:40	1.55	7.76	16.67	1.96	3.93	33.32	-0.60	0.93	-12.68
2022-23	Granlund, M	Rakell, R	PIT	36:19	3.30	0.00	100.00	2.69	0.89	75.21	-0.35	-1.39	17.97
2022-23	Heinen, D	Poehling, R	PIT	29:52	6.03	2.01	75.00	4.86	2.67	64.51	1.58	-0.27	11.78
2021-22	Boyle, B	Simon, D	PIT	47:18	2.54	0.00	100.00	2.81	1.17	70.64	0.40	-1.10	19.19
2020-21	Jankowski, M	Lafferty, S	PIT	24:53	0.00	2.41	0.00	1.29	2.54	33.69	-1.65	0.03	-20.20
2020-21	Sceviour, C	Jankowski, M	PIT	23:43	0.00	2.53	0.00	1.02	1.77	36.47	-1.12	-0.51	-11.81

Glossary

Type	Statistic	Definition
Individual	G/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes.
Individual	A/60	Assists per 60 minutes.
Individual	Pts/60	Points per 60 minutes.
Individual	xG/60	Expected Goals per 60 minutes.
Individual	GAE/60	Goals Above Expected (G/60 - xG/60).
Individual	Sh%	Shooting Percentage.
Individual	xSh%	Expected Shooting Percentage.
Individual	Sh%AE	Shooting percentage above expected (Sh% - xSh%).
Individual	%SA Rush	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be on the rush.
Individual	%SA Reb.	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be from rebounds.
On Ice	SAF/60	Shot Attempts For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	GF/60	Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	xGF/60	Expected Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	SAA/60	Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GA/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	xGA/60	Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GF%	Goals For Percentage = Goals For / (Goals For + Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF%	Expected Goals For Percentage = Expected Goals For / (Expected Goals For + Expected Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF Rel	xGF/60 when On Ice - xGF/60 when not On Ice.
On Ice	xGA Rel	xGA/60 when On Ice - xGA/60 when not On Ice (lower is better).
On Ice	xGF% Rel	xGF% when On Ice - xGF% when not On Ice.

Individual and On-Ice stats from Puckalytics.com (starting in 2015-16). NHL Edge Stats from edge.nhl.com (starting in 2021-22). Edge statistic definitions can be found at the Edge Stats Glossary.

Current Contract

Standard Contract (UFA)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2025-26	27	M-NTC	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	-	$2,075,000	$775,000	$2,850,000	$2,850,000	UFA
2026-27	28	M-NTC	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	-	-	$2,150,000	$2,150,000	$2,150,000	UFA
Total					-	$2,075,000	$2,925,000	$5,000,000	$5,000,000

Signed: Feb 18, 2025

Team: Vancouver Canucks

GM: -

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 2.62

Clause: Player has a 12 team no trade list.

Previous Contracts

Standard Contract (RFA)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2023-24	25	$925,000	$925,000	-	-	$925,000	$925,000	$925,000	RFA-arb
2024-25	26	$925,000	$925,000	-	-	$925,000	$925,000	$925,000	RFA-arb
Total				-	-	$1,850,000	$1,850,000	$1,850,000

Signed: Aug 2, 2023

Team: Pittsburgh Penguins

GM: -

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 1.11

Standard Contract (RFA)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2022-23	24		$750,000	$750,000	-	-	$750,000	$750,000	$750,000	RFA-arb
Total					-	-	$750,000	$750,000	$750,000

Signed: Mar 12, 2022

Team: Pittsburgh Penguins

GM: -

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 0.91

Entry Level Contract

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2020-21	22	$925,000	$1,775,000	$850,000	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$70,000	ELC
2021-22	23	$925,000	$1,775,000	$850,000	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$70,000	ELC
Total				$1,700,000	$185,000	$1,665,000	$1,850,000	$140,000

Signed: Mar 10, 2020

Team: Pittsburgh Penguins

GM: -

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

*Age is as of September 15